People participate in documentaries for all kinds of reasons. But Steve Martin may be unique in making a film about his life with the instruction of: “See if you can make sense of all THAT.
This image released by Apple TV+ shows Steve Martin in a scene from the documentary “Steve! a Documentary in 2 Pieces.” FILE - Steve Martin poses for a portrait in New York to promote his new album “So Familiar,” with Edie Brickell on Sept. 2, 2015. Martin is the subject of a new documentary “Steve! a Documentary in 2 Pieces.” FILE - Comedian Steve Martin holds the Grammy Award which he won for Best Comedy Recording for the album “A Wild And Crazy Guy,” in Los Angeles on Feb. 15, 1979.
Neville, who joined the video call from his home in Pasadena, California, didn’t set out to make two films about Martin. But six months into the process, it crystalized for him as the right structure. Through lines emerged. “The first part, that’s what I really have a hard time watching,” Martin says. “When I’m on black-and-white homemade video being so not funny.”
FILE - Comedian Steve Martin holds the Grammy Award which he won for Best Comedy Recording for the album “A Wild And Crazy Guy,” in Los Angeles on Feb. 15, 1979. Martin is the subject of a new documentary “Steve! a Documentary in 2 Pieces.” “I don’t think so,” says Martin. “It’s good to be hard on yourself. It’s just the way I do it. I just want to go over it and go over it. I realize it’s all in the details. It’s all in the timing.”
FILE - Actor-comedian Steve Martin arrives at the premiere of his film, “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid” in Los Angeles on May 9, 1982. Martin is the subject of a new documentary “Steve! a Documentary in 2 Pieces.”
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